- Date
- April 11, 1981
- Place
- No.Sandbridge, VA · NO.SANDBRIDGE, VA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N28457Grumman AA-5
- Status
- Completed · report August 27, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810411015519A
- Case key
- 125788
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1507 81/4/11 NO.SANDBRIDGE,VA GRUMMAN AA-5 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 1715 N28457 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP 47, 20000 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 2000 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION NORFOLK,VA ROUND ROBIN & RETURN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: ACROBATICS PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE AND CLEARANCE FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - UNWARRANTED LOW FLYING REMARKS- PLT PLANNED FLY-BY FOR WEDDING RECEPTION.STRUCK GND DRG RECOVERY FM VERTICAL MNVR.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N28457
- Reported as
- Grumman AA-5
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N28457Registration cancelled Mar 1, 1982 · Grumman American Avn. AA-5Airframe modelGrumman American Avn. AA-5
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.